The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.